Amal Clooney Opens Up About Parenting for the First Time

Since the Clooneys welcomed their twins, Ella and Alexander, in June, George has done most of the talking when it comes to giving updates on the family. Amal, who typically shies away from celebrity interviews, has stayed out of the spotlight (save a few jaw-dropping fashion moments). But in her husband's new cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, the human rights attorney offers some brief insight on their new life as parents.

"My sister Tala has twins, and they're wonderful," Amal told THR while carrying her son in the Clooneys' Lake Como residence. She also revealed she doesn't want any more children. "I'm 39, I already had them quite late," she added.

The Clooneys at the César Awards in Paris in February 2017.

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George has previously praised Amal's parenting skills ("She's like an Olympic athlete," he raved), and she returned the favor. When asked about the most surprising part about her four years with the actor, she answered: "What a great father he is."

Though the Clooneys are now tackling life as first-time parents, they didn't always want to have kids. "We didn't plan on it," George explained. "We never talked about it until after we were married, which is funny. There was an assumption that we didn't want them. And then, after the wedding, Amal and I were talking and we just felt we'd gotten very lucky, both of us, and we should share whatever good luck we've got. It would seem self-centered to just have that belong to us."

"We didn't plan on having kids. We never talked about it until after we were married."

Amal's pregnancy was announced three years later, in February 2017. The news of twins surprised the parents-to-be just as much as it did the rest of the public. The couple was at a doctor's visit in London for an ultrasound when they found out.

"He goes, 'Well, there's one.' And I said, 'Great.' And then he goes, 'And there's the second one.' And I was like, 'What?' We just sat there, staring at that piece of paper they give you, and I kept thinking there was a mistake," he said.

The twins arrived on June 6, 2017. "It was wild," Clooney added. "You know, everything is conceptual until it's real. It's like, 'Yeah, we're going to be parents, yeah.' And all of a sudden you go: 'Holy shit. I'm a parent!'"

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